HMS Benbow was a Victorian era Admiral-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named for Admiral John Benbow. Completed in 1888, Benbow spent the...

1859 and broken up in 1895. HMS Benbow (1885) was an Admiral-class battleship launched in 1885 and scrapped in 1909. HMS Benbow (1913) was an Iron Duke-class...

Vice-Admiral John Benbow (10 March 1653 – 4 November 1702) was an English Royal Navy officer. He joined the Navy in 1678, seeing action against Barbary...

there. He was the son of Vice-Admiral John Benbow. On 29 June 1696, he was appointed a volunteer on board HMS Northumberland. He did not, however, remain...

subsequently served in the French Navy until 1697. Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1885). "Benbow, John (1653-1702)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 4. London:...

The fourth HMS Colossus was a Colossus class second-class British battleship, launched in 1882 and commissioned in 1886. She had a displacement of 9,520...

finally paid off into reserve, where she remained until sold on 13 July 1909. Benbow was commissioned on 14 June 1888 for the Mediterranean Fleet, with which...

guns in HMS Benbow in 1887 in single barbettes fore and aft, each gun substituting for two 13.5-inch guns. For the following HMS Victoria and HMS Sans Pareil...

(340 mm) calibre guns mounted in most of the preceding Admiral class. HMS Benbow, of that class, mounted the heavier calibre guns for the same reason....

same model of gun had been fitted in the last Admiral-class ironclad HMS Benbow, which had a single example in each of its two barbettes instead of pairs...

Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1844157006. Benbow, Tim (2018). The Royal Navy and Sea Power in British Strategy, 1945–55 (pdf)...

June 1893) was a Royal Navy officer who died when his flagship HMS Victoria collided with HMS Camperdown during manoeuvres off Tripoli, Lebanon. Tryon was...

Mediterranean Fleet and, in 1885, he was appointed captain of the steam reserve at Devonport. He returned to sea as captain of HMS Benbow in 1889. Admiral Rawson...

the 1880s, with some of the heaviest calibers of gun ever used at sea. HMS Benbow carried two 16.25-inch (413 mm) breech-loading guns, each weighing 110...

HMS Akbar begun at Prince of Wales Island, Malaya and HMS Augusta at Portsmouth - were cancelled in 1809, while another two projected in 1807 - HMS Julius...

and owned Longden Hall, and his mother was Harriett Benbow (1799–1875), daughter of John Benbow. In 1851 aged 16 he was an articled clerk. His father...

History of HMS Devastation (1841) History of HMS Alacrity (1856) The Navy List, July 1885, corrected to 20 June 1885, page 71. History of HMS Juno (1867)...

The Marine Engineer. Vol. 7. July 1885. pp. 97–98. "Launch of H.M.S. "Benbow"". The Marine Engineer. Vol. 7. July 1885. pp. 90–91. "Costa Rican". The Yard...

Tug HMS Linnet, Royal Navy, 1880 NRP Afonso de Albuquerque, Portuguese Navy, 1884 HMS Benbow, Royal Navy, 1885 HMS Sans Pareil, Royal Navy, 1887 HMS Blenheim...

Napoleonic Wars, Stewart became commanding officer of the third-rate HMS Benbow in the Mediterranean Fleet and took part in the bombardment of Acre during...

17 – Maltese raid on La Goulette 1702 August 19–24 (OS) – English under Benbow – French under Ducasse draw (details) 23 October Vigo Bay – Anglo-Dutch...

ordered by the Admiralty in 1880. The class comprised HMS Leander, HMS Phaeton, HMS Amphion, and HMS Arethusa. "A new and better policy of unarmoured construction...

The Admiral Benbow public house (home to a real life 1800s smuggling gang and allegedly the inspiration for Treasure Island's "Admiral Benbow Inn"), the...

dreadnought 18,894 27 February 1909 March 1921 Sold for scrap 8 November 1921 Benbow Iron Duke super-dreadnought 25,400 7 October 1914 Paid off September 1930...

battery ironclad  Royal Navy Belliqueuse 1865-09-06  French Navy Benbow (1885) 1885-06-15 Admiral class Barbette ship  Royal Navy Black Prince 1861-02-27...

50-gun frigate 1836, laid up 1845, sold 1885 Barham 74 (1811) – cut down to 50-gun frigate 1836, broken up 1840 Benbow 74 (1813) – hulked as marine barracks...

Gordon") (1833–1885), killed at Khartoum Hubert Gough (1870–1963), general Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet (1769–1859), vice-admiral, captained HMS Victory at...

thanks to the training associated with the Royal Navy's new gunnery school, HMS Excellent. The Egyptians had no opportunity to correct their error; their...

Acadia, a Canadian hydrographic research ship and auxiliary patrol vessel. HMS Benbow was the first battleship to fit anti-aircraft guns, in 1914. This was...

experiment was the prefabricated hospital set up in Jamaica by Admiral John Benbow in 1701, for which the Sick and Hurt Commissioners provided a salaried surgeon...